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The 2012 national semi-finals of the Macra Na Feirme amateur drama finals take place on March 31 and April 1 at Roscommon Arts Centre. Hosted by the Roscommon Executive, six clubs from counties Roscommon, Sligo, Galway, Donegal, and Leitrim will compete for two places in the national finals taking place in April in Laois. Each evening, a total of three one-act plays will be performed by three separate groups, with the overall winners being announced after the performances on Sunday night.

Reigning champions Roscommon remain on track to defend their title having easily accounted for a disappointing Leitrim side in Carrick-on-Shannon last Sunday. Fergal O Donnell’s men were far superior to Leitrim throughout the field and judging on this performance they have every chance of claiming back-to-back titles.

“The Labour Party is determined to tackle the issue of ghost estates if elected to government,” said Cllr John Kelly, the party’s candidate for Roscommon-South Leitrim, after a recent report revealed there are 37 ghost estates in counties Longford, Leitrim, and Roscommon now deemed to be a public safety hazard.

The ice and snow claimed many victims since before Christmas and with some more severe weather in the offing over the next few days, Mayo League manager Brendan Kenny is hoping that it will not claim his side’s Oscar Traynor Cup clash with the Roscommon and District League for a second time. “Hopefully it will go ahead this weekend, it’s been a long time coming now,” he said. “The weather is the weather and there’s nothing much you can do about it. But on the positive side it has given the lads a break that they would have needed. You have to have a break from the game for a while or lads will get burnt out or lose their appetitive for the game. I suppose you could also say that it has shown well for the Mayo League, with the amount of postponements, their decision to change to summer soccer a few years ago.”

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Roscommon Arts Centre hosts a talk and discussion with Leitrim-based artist Christine Mackey on Saturday December 6 from 3pm to 4.30pm.

Secondary school students from Foxford and Ballina last week scooped a number of top awards at the annual Scifest in the Institute of Technology, Sligo.

Since forming over a decade ago, Leitrim-based Beezneez Theatre Company has gone from strength to strength. It has since become one of the most popular touring companies in Ireland and Beezneez productions play to full houses in theatres as far apart as Dublin and Manorhamilton.

After a sell-out run in Carrick-on-Shannon, hugely popular Beezneez Theatre Company will perform their new production A Wake in the West in Roscommon Arts Centre on Wednesday and Thursday July 22 and 23.

The Saw Doctors, Gemma Hayes, and Tommy Fleming are among 10 prominent west of Ireland artists featured on a new charity CD created to raise funds for heart charity Croí.